Day 2

We arrived in Paris, France after an eight-hour flight.  We had to quickly go through customs and security before boarding the next plane to Rome.  I was disappointed that customs did not stamp my passport for Paris. I really like getting the stamps from all the different places.  Hopefully on the way home they will.  This plane was much quicker and I fell asleep for the entire flight this time.  After several hours we arrived in Rome.  We picked up our luggage and went to an interesting restaurant where we met the other group that would be on the tour with us.  I was not expecting them to be middle-aged people but they turned out to be really nice and interesting.  Here is where we also met our tour leader Tyson who is amazing, and very well organized.  When we got to the hotel, it was surprisingly nicer than I thought it would be.  There was air conditioning in the room and the bathroom was gorgeous.  I guess in Italy marble is used like wood in America, because even the McDonalds had marble tiles in it.  My roommate for our stay in Rome was Angela, which turned was great because she was the only person who I started to get to know.  She was an amazing roommate despite her ridiculous alarms.  Marie and Emily were in the room next to us and we all got to know each other and decided to room together for the remainder of the trip and became good friends.  We did not do much this night because we all exhausted from traveling so much and of course jetlag, so a few of us went around the corner to get some delicious gelato.  As soon as my head hit the pillow I was immediately asleep.